The Life of a Creative, Healer and Bodyworker

Weekly Photo Challenge – Object

From our recent trip to Bonaire – here’s a shot of a Fireworm curled around a piece of coral. My object is the white coral branch as the pedestal for this colorful Fireworm. By the way, the Fireworm gets it name from not only its colorful red spots, but also because it has a vicious sting. Fortunately, if one simply avoids touching them, one can avoid their sting as they can’t swim!

The magic you create with your photos is my favorite part of the weekly photo challenge. The minute I see the prompt, I wait for your entry, Cathy. And you never disappoint! This is fantastic… in every way!

Thanks, V. Fireworms crawl around the reef. They’ll also drop from one place to another. So if they reach what would be a cliff for them, they just let go and drop down to the next level. We saw several do this during our dives in Bonaire. And since they’re light and feathery, they just kind of float down.

Thanks, Sheila. Yes, even though this piece was dead, there was a lot of healthy coral on this site and throughout Bonaire, in general. There’s one region on the north side of Klein Bonaire that has suffered a lot of damage from storms, but the rest of it is pretty healthy.

Thank you for this opportunity to get up close and personal (but not TOO) with a Fireworm, something I’m not likely to encounter in real life anytime soon! I love the way the subtle shades of the coral seem to reflect the colors of the creature.

Thank you on both counts, Frank! It was really disappointing. Not really even sure what happened with our Broncos. We left the party to go home and watch it in silence and they scored during the five minutes that we were gone! Maybe we should have driven around for a while? You know “its only weird if it doesn’t work” – from the Bud Light commercials.